Why do people think....

First of all, you're not everyone.
Plenty
of people want interchangeable lenses.

Secondly, would it kill you to move up from a belt bag? Just get a compact shoulder bag. You look like a nerd if you wear a belt bag anyways. Do you also where socks with sandals and shorts? LOL.

brianj
wrote:

and apparently camera companies as well that the average person wants interchangeable lenses, I certainly don't. What I want is the smallest package that meets my needs and preferably the entire kit can be carried in a belt bag.

Canon got close with the G1X, but its just a bit too big.

My view is that the companies want to push us all to interchangeable lenses because that is where the followup money comes from. Well I'm not buying that deal.

I would like a small camera with a 1/1.7 BSI-CMOS sensor with no more than 16mp and about 24-240mm fixed lens. Is that too much to ask for from this season's new models.